{"product_id":"a-nation-tested-the-nations-of-the-plains-book-2-9798989066070","title":"A Nation Tested: The Nations of the Plains- Book 2","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Alan Maas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Alan Maas\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Alan Maas\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book continues the story begun in A Nation Without Reservation, an imagined history in which the nations of the Plains respond to the conflicts of the 1870s not with fragmentation, but with unity-choosing to stand together long enough to negotiate sovereignty on their own terms. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMany of the figures portrayed here-Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Quanah Parker, and Ulysses S. Grant-were real leaders whose decisions shaped the course of North American history. Their lives, their struggles, and the nations they represented are grounded in the historical record. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe events in this novel are fictionalized, but the world they move through is not. The cultures, landscapes, and tensions of the Plains-questions of land, sovereignty, survival, and identity-were real, and their consequences continue to shape the lives of Indigenous nations today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe idea at the heart of this story remains simple, but it carries weight: history is not inevitable. There are moments when the direction of events depends on fragile things-leadership, unity, timing, and the choices made under pressure. The victory at the Battle of the Greasy Grass-known in U.S. history as the Battle of the Little Bighorn-was one such moment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn reality, the years that followed brought increasing pressure from the United States government, the loss of land, and the confinement of Plains peoples to reservations. In this series, I explore another possibility: what might have happened if the nations of the Plains had held together long enough not only to resist-but to be recognized. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis second book turns from the moment of victory to the burden that follows it. It asks a different question: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNot how a nation is won-but how it is held. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis story is not meant to replace history, but to invite readers to reconsider it-to imagine how different the world might look if Indigenous nations had been allowed to determine their own future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Plains were never empty land. They were home to nations.","brand":"Alan Maas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968326123671,"sku":"9798989066070","price":1422.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798989066070.webp?v=1782917557","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-nation-tested-the-nations-of-the-plains-book-2-9798989066070","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}